Proceeded to unit, 22 February 1917; taken on strength of 26th Bn, 23 February 1917.

Wounded in action, 2 March 1917; admitted to No 5 Australian Field Ambulance, 2 March 1917 (gunshot wounds, both legs); transferred to 1/1 South Midland Casualty Clearing Station, 2 March 1917; to Ambulance Train, 3 March 1917; to No 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, 4 March 1917; to England, 2 May 1917; to No 3 London General Hospital, 4 May 1917 (gunshot wounds, both legs; right leg amputated below knee); to No 5 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Wellin, 11 June 1917; to No 3 London General Hospital, 25 August 1917; to No 5 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Wellin, 13 September 1917.